Asari Adept is explosion happy

So I found this post on Reddit. Has some useful theory crafting on the Asari Adept.

www.reddit.com/r/MECoOp/comments/613znu/meamplets_talk_asari_adept_gold_strats_player/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=hot&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=MECoOp

Asari Adept is most definitely a highly potent melee character. I can almost oneshot trash on silver, which means that the melee does around the same damage as an Isharay. All it takes is 1 punch + 1 shot from whatever shotgun I'm using. With a Strength Enhancer, I'm pretty sure the melee damage would be bumped up enough that a punch alone would kill. Even mid-tier enemies go down to a quick Lance+shotgun+melee combo.


Though it's definitely not as broken as a Turbocharge Vanquisher, and I have doubts about its viability on gold, it absolutely cleans house on silver. I consistently break 20k points with it, even when there are other skilled players in the room.

What? Asari Adept isn't glass at all, she's ridiculously durable. One of the few characters that can just sit in groups of people punching and exploding them all over the place.

I've been using the Asari Adept for a while now. I am loving her, she is the Fury mark II (new and improved).

I read the reddit post and there are a few things I am not sure of / disagree with.

Lance seems a mystery, it can do headshot/weakpoint extra damage but ... do you have to hit direct or just with the 1m radius? In which case doesn't the 100% radius increase make it MORE likely to hit any heads/weaknesses? But I agree +dam/force is always nice ALTHOUGH I am running her combo-tastic so usually Lance will just be detonating.

Again Rank 5, the increase in headshot/weak point bonus - do you have to hit dead on? Or can you let the 1 (or 2) metre radius do the work for you?

Rank 6 - Big NO to shield drain instead of recharge. When I am on gold the 30% shield drain from annihilation field is not reliable enough to ensure I would always have Lance up to use, although I am running Annihilation without the extra radius. OK nice to use it twice in a row but first you must get close to prime and then after you have no shields you better hope you've boomed everything to death ... for me it's just too risky.

I took shield drain on Nova for my Vanguard because she has instant shield-refill on charge. But on Asari Adept I just don't see this as viable.

Having said that Rank 6 knockdown seems redundant. I will be detonating with Lance and the blast only works against unarmored/ unshielded/ normal enemies. On gold these are not really the ones you should be worried about, they should be boomed to death pretty soon after touching your Annihilation field.

Anyway this is just my initial thoughts from playing her, she is only my second level 20 character but she is VERY fun and can hold her own on gold no problem.

I am now running her with the Raptor but before I used the Equalizer which also worked well, very nice pistol for close range combat.

(Final thought: On ME3 MP I understand the higher rank your detonator (throw etc) the better the combo detonation which is why I'm taking Throw and Lance all the way to Rank 6, aiming for a 6/6/6/6/1 build once I get the last couple of rank cards)

Why level lance only to level 3? Because it misses sometimes. If i lance and the enemy jumps, it misses. I might respec and try out lance at a higher level.

Finally unlocked her yesterday. Don't care for Lance, and I've left the default point in it only. Don't think I'll put any more in.

She's not quite "The AA", but she'll suffice.